Bangkok.....food paradise......yummyyyyy

After tired listening to the presentations and shopping, it is time to fill in the hungry stomach. So we when to Mak Yah Restaurant which is located very near to the N1 Rachathewi Station (Sukhumvit Line). There are several other halal restaurants near this BTS station.

When people visit Bangkok, they always talk about the "tom yum". What is it? Only "tom yum" should be tried? The word “yum” means salad but the taste and its looks are not the same as the western salad which is variety of vegetables served with different kinds of dressing, while in "yum" many kinds of herbs and spicy are added. Most of the yum-type dishes are sour and spicy.

"Yum mamuang" or the green mango salad is one of the popular salad. It is sour (mango/lime juice), salty (fish sauce/dry anchovies/shrimp) and can be very hot (bird eye chillies). Having "tom yum" can be a surreal experience as you will enjoy the taste while burning your mouth.

The green mango salad.....yum mamuang

The words "tom yum" are derived from "Tom" refers to boiling process and "Yum" refers the spicy and sour salad. Thus, "tom yum" is characterized by its distinct hot and sour flavors, with fragrant herbs generously used in the brothsuch as lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, lime juice, fish sauce and crush bird eye chillies. The heat of the "tom yum" can be tamed by having it with plain rice.

The great "tom yum"

"Tom yum" with fragrance rice

"Phat thai" - rice or glass noodles pan fried with fish sauce, sugar, lime juice or tamarind pulp, chopped peanuts, and egg combined with chicken, seafood, or tofu.

The "phat thai"..... with prawns and egg

"Khao niao mamuang" - sticky rice cooked in sweetened thick coconut milk, served with slices of ripe mango. Cost per plate is between 80 to 100 bahts.

The heavenly dessert......glutenious rice, special coconut milk and sweet mango

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